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capitula

ca·pit·u·lum
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-pich-uh-luh m]
    • /kəˈpɪtʃ ə ləm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-pich-uh-luh m]
    • /kəˈpɪtʃ ə ləm/

Definitions of capitula word

  • noun plural capitula Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone. 1
  • noun capitula Plural form of capitulum. 1
  • noun capitula plural of capitulum. 0

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Origin of capitula

First appearance:

before 1715
One of the 49% newest English words
1715-25; < Latin, equivalent to capit- (stem of caput) head + -ulum, neuter of -ulus -ule

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Parts of speech for Capitula

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

capitula popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for capitula

noun capitula

  • brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
  • skull — the bony framework of the head, enclosing the brain and supporting the face; the skeleton of the head.
  • noodle — Slang. the head.
  • belfry — The belfry of a church is the top part of its tower, where the bells are.
  • upstairs — up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.

Antonyms for capitula

noun capitula

  • follower — a person or thing that follows.
  • rear — the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
  • ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
  • inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
  • foot — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.

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